The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 23rd May 2017 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Capital, once a way to make an artistBONNARDAAcross 8: Set aside sci-fi film ringANNULETAAcross 9: Big shot: "How annoying to be rejected"STARAAcross 10: Thrift makes old man cut drinkHUSBANDRYAAcross 12: Bear stallSTANDAAcross 13: Not like Cambridge cherry loaf?RED-BRICKAAcross 13: Not like Cambridge cherry loaf?REDBRICKAAcross 15: Sort of bordering on tenseEDGYAAcross 16: Much abbreviated service offered by some councils to motorists' family groupPRIDEAAcross 17: Provided partially overlapping state singerPIAFAAcross 18: Get back into the habit of playing to lecherRECLOTHEAAcross 20: Second heat gets crowdSWARMAAcross 21: Oil neck part with hesitation?PETROLEUMAAcross 22: Clio's motorway exploit?MUSEAAcross 24: Puts on shadesSCREENSAAcross 25: Ego-less, trembling internal lightLANTERNDDown 1: Son welcomed by fashionable party-giverHOSTDDown 2: Cry from wolf, perhaps, breaking gateENTREATYDDown 3: Mythical sea monster, camouflaged — blooming thing!ORCHIDDDown 4: Ground: land used to bring rider to earthUNSADDLEDDown 5: Top champion horse raisedMURDERDDown 6: Females gathered for drinkBEVYDDown 11: Divine drawing of lots of egrets smeared with oilSORTILEGEDDown 12: Spades have advantage on grassSEDGEDDown 14: Wrong to follow cocaine appealCHARMDDown 16: Cup certain to be too big for its containerPOTBOUNDDDown 17: One in nursery, possibly cultivated yam wearing coatPLAYMATEDDown 19: Refuse transport for patientLITTERDDown 20: Craft's auxiliary masts tops stuck in bridgeSAMPANDDown 21: Four suits put in case?PACKDDown 23: Fail to stick with one channel sea featureSURF